Thanks Al for your input. Do you
remember the wall thickness of the 5/8 tubes by any chance. Also I think I
remember that you had someone make your intake manifold. If that is true could
I hire him to make one for me? If so, what was his name and number?
Robert Bollinger
Robert;
Sorry, I don’t know the wall thickness
of the tubes. The box section bed rails are .049; and I’m just going the
guess the tubes are the same. If I were you I’d be going after it with the ¾”,
.049 wall that you have.
The manifold was made by Cliff Manzke; cmanzke@cox.net. The manifold is a bit of a
challenge, and cost me about $1800 back when Cliff was working out of his
garage and charging me $25/hr. Now he has his own machine shop, and the rate
is probably more than double. But you can always ask him. It is a thing of
beauty (see photo).
Al